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Chock full of bright colors, whimsical plotlines, a familiar cast of characters and pristine technical direction, “The French Dispatch” is undeniably a Wes Anderson film.
“Candyman” director Nia DaCosta had an interesting problem to solve: how do you get viewers to believe that someone would willingly conjure up a murderer by saying their name five times in a mirror?
“I’m not trying to make any kind of message film, these films are about characters,” “First Cow” director Kelly Reichardt said in an interview with The Eagle. “But there are themes that run through them that could be applicable to today’s world.”
“Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation,” opens with chaos. Understaffed, overcrowded and unprepared, the festival crew is shown trying to adapt to a thunderstorm that could potentially derail the whole festival.
On the last day of high school, overachiever Molly (Beanie Feldstein) comes to the earth-shattering realization that it’s possible to excel in school and party. She and her best friend Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) then spend the next hour and a half of the film trying to cram four years of partying into one night, but things don’t quite go according to plan. This is the premise of “Booksmart,” actress Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut that is a heartwarming tale of friendship as well as an impressive comedy.
